Chapter Summaries

The Night Empire secretly prepared for galactic conquest as it built the Death Star and trained the Silver Fleet in fanatical obedience. Hu Feng led a public procession in Suramar and declared that the Empire would conquer the universe or destroy those who resisted.

• The Death Star advanced toward completion on Sarodal’s hidden side, and the Empire began training the Silver Fleet’s fanatical soldiers there.
• Gestapo political commissars drilled the soldiers to obey the Divine Emperor without mercy, while the Death Star’s planet-destroying cannon and experimental Moon Goddess Arc Light fighters stood ready.
• The Night Empire’s artists and literary masters shaped its weapons and war machines into works of art, transforming the elves’ devotion to art into devotion to warfare.
• Hu Feng rode through Suramar as crowds cheered beneath Eye of Truth banners and mechanical armies marched behind him.
• Hu Feng told the crowd that the Empire would conquer the universe and offer its enemies only submission or annihilation.

The Northern Expeditionary Force pushed through Icecrown Citadel as Cthulhu’s influence drove high-ranking undead to defect to Sylvanas. In the Eternal Night Palace, Hu Feng discussed the Scourge’s technology with Elisande before Elune appeared and began punching him.

• Professor Putress lamented Festergut’s death, while Tirion abandoned his plan to break into the professor’s laboratory after Sargeras spared him.
• Alliance and Horde forces used Cthulhu’s flesh to break high-ranking undead free of the Lich King and make them serve Sylvanas.
• Sylvanas forced Lady Deathwhisper and the San'layn to submit after they endured Cthulhu’s terrifying illusion.
• Hu Feng read the expedition report and explained to Elisande that he had kept Arthas alive and wanted to preserve the Scourge’s biochemical technology.
• Elune visited Hu Feng and Elisande, complained about having to become a chief God Queen, and punched Hu Feng with her powerful physical body.

Tirion and the gathered champions attacked the Lich King atop the Frozen Throne, and their assault shattered Frostmourne and freed the souls trapped within. Pamela delivered the final blow, and Arthas died in his father Terenas's arms.

• Tirion led the champions in an assault on the Lich King as Sylvanas, Pamela, Malygos, Sindragosa, and their forces joined the battle.
• The Lich King unleashed his power and summoned undead reinforcements, but the champions and Blue Dragon Legion kept pressing their attack.
• Dark High Lord Mograine seized Frostmourne, giving Tirion the chance to shatter it with Ashbringer.
• The souls freed from Frostmourne overwhelmed the Lich King, and Sylvanas ordered the sword's fragments gathered.
• At Tirion and Sylvanas's urging, Pamela pierced the Lich King's heart and avenged her parents.
• Terenas cradled Arthas as he died, and the Lich King was gone.

After Arthas’s defeat, Sylvanas took responsibility for the Scourge and became the new Lich King. With Hu Feng’s help, she purified the Helm of Domination and transformed it into a circlet that let her command every undead in Azeroth.

• Terenas entrusted Lordaeron to Calia and urged Tirion to ensure someone bore the burden of controlling the Scourge.
• Sylvanas took the Helm of Domination and claimed Icecrown Citadel for the Forsaken, while Garrosh warned her against becoming an evil Lich King.
• Sylvanas searched the Frozen Throne’s secret chamber, found Terenas II’s Royal Scepter and Arthas’s mount Invincible, and took them into her care.
• Hu Feng gave Sylvanas the purified Frostmourne and transformed the purified Helm of Domination into an icy blue circlet.
• Sylvanas gained control over the undead, and the remaining Scourge began moving toward Icecrown Glacier in response to her command.

After the new Lich King Sylvanas summoned the undead Scourge to Icecrown Glacier, the Forsaken transformed Icecrown Citadel into a defended city and opened it to trade. With the Northrend campaign over, Azeroth's leaders prepared for new tensions and the approaching timeline merger.

• The undead nerubians abandoned their underground kingdom and migrated to Icecrown Glacier at Sylvanas's summons, ending the war in Dragonblight.
• The Northern Expeditionary Force dismantled its camp and withdrew to Eversong Woods as Scourge troops converged on Icecrown Glacier.
• The Forsaken divided Icecrown Citadel into districts, secured the surrounding fortresses, and opened the Scourge Gate to merchants.
• Sylvanas invited Dark High Lord Mograine to talks, and the Knights of the Ebon Blade agreed to keep Shadow Arch as a liaison post.
• Thrall began withdrawing from politics as the elements called to him, while Varian taught Anduin, whose visits to Holy Light Cathedral prompted Onyxia to send black dragonkin to watch over him.

Dalaran celebrated the Northern Expeditionary Force’s victory while its leaders prepared for the imminent fusion of timelines. In Dragonblight, Argus traveled in disguise toward Port Mo’arg, leaving a young red dragon puzzled by his presence.

• Tirion recounted the war to reporters, and Sylvanas joked that the Scourge might return if they kept questioning her before directing them to Pamela.
• Oscar worried Sylvanas would target him, while Paltrice reassured him during their walk through Dalaran.
• The Eternal Night Divine Emperor warned faction leaders that timelines would soon fuse and ordered them to watch for and capture outsiders who escaped the fusion.
• Argus, disguised as an adventurer, asked a young red dragon for directions to Port Mo’arg and continued on after the dragon pointed the way.

The Four Celestials and Shaohao considered using the Nalak'sha Engine to dispel Pandaria's mists, while Hu Feng warned Azeroth about the imminent timeline merger. Azshara offered to join the Night Empire, and Hu Feng invited her to a mysterious place for dinner.

• The White Tiger proposed using the Nalak'sha Engine to disperse Pandaria's mists, but the group agreed to seek more information before deciding whether to risk war with the Mogu.
• The White Tiger explained that the timeline merger could bring alternate selves and greater power, and told Shaohao that his destined-timeline counterpart had died to become Pandaria's mists.
• Hu Feng warned the people of Azeroth that escaped figures from the other timeline could be dangerous and told them to report suspicious powerful individuals.
• Elisande said she felt no change and discussed taking over Suramar from the destined timeline.
• Azshara told Hu Feng that she had dismissed her servants and offered to reorganize Origin Night as an ordinary Night Empire legion.
• Azshara invited Hu Feng to taste her cooking, but he instead offered to take her somewhere mysterious for dinner.

Azshara joined Hu Feng for an evening at a Suramar street stall, where she impressed him by outdrinking him and winning their drinking game. She left without pressing her plan to get closer to him, while Hu Feng recognized her ambition and wondered what she would do next.

• Azshara dressed in a grand formal gown, expecting Hu Feng to take her somewhere luxurious, but he brought her to a Suramar snack street.
• Hu Feng and Azshara ate grilled food among ordinary diners, and Azshara charmed the crowd by ordering wolf-meat skewers for every table.
• Azshara challenged Hu Feng to drink without using divine power and won, leaving him to face the drinking game's penalties.
• Hu Feng pretended to receive an urgent message about Sargeras to avoid finishing his penalty, but Azshara called out his cheating.
• Azshara thanked Hu Feng and returned to her residence without advancing her plan, while Hu Feng saw through her ambition to become God Queen and wondered what move she would make next.

Hu Feng inspected the Night Empire’s weapons and research projects as Mimiron’s War Laboratory spurred Heklar into a fierce arms race. Later, Elune dragged Hu Feng shopping in Suramar, where their teasing ended in a scuffle.

• Hu Feng found Mimiron tinkering with exploding sheep but accepted that his weapons projects remained on schedule.
• Mimiron’s War Laboratory began competing with the Heklar Consortium, prompting Heklar to halt work on a new Void Rocket and focus on weapons.
• Hu Feng checked the Iron Maiden Project and confirmed that Iron Maiden One had a stable artificial soul but was not ready to leave her shell.
• Hu Feng reviewed the stalled Titan’s Spear and Light-and-Shadow research, while artificial Naaru cores continued selling well.
• Elune made Hu Feng pay for her shopping, then attacked him after their Extraordinary Twins connection revealed his thoughts.

The two Azeroth timelines began merging, prompting armies and factions across the world to prepare for war while the Pandaren launched an assault on the Mogu'shan Vaults. As the Predestined Fate Azeroth dissolved, its surviving Deathwing and Twilight Dragons descended and clashed with their counterparts, leaving the world in chaos.

• The Sargeras timeline began devouring the Predestined Fate timeline as Azeroth appeared upside down in the sky, and Deathwing waited for his counterpart.
• The White Tiger and Shaohao sent the Pandaren army and Cloud Serpent Knights to attack the Mogu'shan Vaults before the mist could thicken.
• Alliance, Horde, and Night Empire fleets set out to monitor the Maelstrom, while the Dragonflights watched over Northrend.
• Gazlowe signed an agreement officially bringing the Steamwheedle Cartel into the Horde as the timeline's fusion began and the upside-down Azeroth broke into falling lights.
• Predestined Fate Deathwing and his Twilight Dragonflight descended, and the two Deathwings charged and collided, unleashing a blast that triggered tsunamis.

As Azeroth expanded through the timeline fusion, Hu Feng coordinated disaster relief and repairs while the Alliance and Horde fought the Twilight Dragon Legion. The chapter ended with a damaged Alliance airship making an emergency landing on an island-sized turtle near Mistvale Isle.

• Hu Feng approved aid and construction supplies for regions hit by tsunamis, then sent Alleria to check on Elisande in Suramar.
• Aethelus complained that Suramar’s expanding city plan had become chaotic, while Elisande and Tyrande directed reconstruction crews across Suramar and Darnassus.
• Hu Feng approved rebuilding the Night Great Wall after learning that much of it had become useless, and Elune warned him about the planet-wide tsunamis and earthquakes.
• Admiral Rogers and Nazgrel argued as their damaged airship, the Skyfire, descended toward a giant sea turtle.
• JiFirepaw stared dreamily at AishaCloudsong when the Skyfire’s approach caused a powerful tremor at the Temple of the Five Dawns.

After the dragon battle, the merged timelines left the world struggling with disaster relief and upheaval. Medan met the Medivh and Merith Winterwind of this timeline and prepared to explain who he was.

• Deathwing of destined fate fled north toward Wyrmrest Temple, while Lord Wing pursued him in anger.
• The tsunami and timeline changes damaged cities and territories across the world, prompting leaders and residents to begin rebuilding and relief efforts.
• Thrall prepared to lead the Earthen Ring to the Maelstrom and take responsibility for quelling the tsunamis and earthquakes.
• Medan reached Merith Winterwind’s house in Duskwood and encountered Merith and Medivh.
• Medan revealed that he was the son of Medivh and Garona from another timeline, leaving Medivh stunned.

Medan arrived in a timeline where Karazhan had been restored and Azeroth was protected by a living Titan, leaving him stunned by how different it was from his own. As Merith contacted his mentor and asked Medan to identify other outsiders, Admiral Rogers and Nazgrel awoke on Mistvale Isle after the Skyfire was destroyed.

• Medan saw that the town around Karazhan was bustling despite the devastation in Westfall, and Merith and Medivh brought him inside to eat and explain their timeline.
• Medan learned from Goblin Television that the world was rebuilding after the timeline fusion, that Deathwing was heading for Northrend, and that Sargeras had been captured and allied with them.
• Medan introduced himself and revealed his Titan blood from Sargeras, shocking Medivh and Merith as they discussed his connection to Aegwynn.
• Merith decided to contact his mentor, keep Medan in Karazhan, summon Aegwynn, and have Medan list beings who might have escaped the fusion.
• Rogers and Nazgrel recovered from the wreckage of the Skyfire and found themselves on Mistvale Isle, apparently on the back of a turtle.

Hu Feng approved Medan’s stay at Karazhan, where Aegwynn insisted Medivh accept him as his son and Medan warned about the Old Gods. Elsewhere, C’Thun and Yogg-Saron confronted their alternate selves, while Ji Fire Palm and Aisha discovered Alliance and Horde survivors on Mistvale Isle.

• Hu Feng told Merith to let Medan stay at Karazhan and assist him and Medivh.
• At a family gathering, Aegwynn declared Medan Medivh’s son and ordered him to live in Karazhan under review.
• Medan urged Aegwynn and Medivh to investigate the Old Gods, and Medivh explained that Cthulhu and Yogg-Saron would handle their counterparts.
• C’Thun encountered Cthulhu in Silithus, while Yogg-Saron faced his alternate self in Ulduar.
• Ji Fire Palm and Aisha spotted the wreckage of the Alliance Skyfire and survivor camps while returning to the Temple of the Five Dawns.
• General Rogers and Nazgrel noticed the hot-air balloon and continued fighting Lizardmen while trading insults.

As Deathwing flew toward the Maelstrom to unleash the Cataclysm, Lord Wing pursued him while the Eternal Dragons secured a provisional place at Wyrmrest Temple. At Port Mo'argi, Argus protected the Murlocs from the spreading tentacles and embraced his growing connection to mortal life.

• At Wyrmrest Temple, Deathwing escaped the Red and Green Dragon Queens and flew toward the Maelstrom, and Lord Wing arrived and chased after him.
• At the Caverns of Time, Nozdormu agreed to let the Eternal Dragons join Wyrmrest Temple as observers on probation.
• Hu Feng told Elisande that Argus was in Northrend among the Murlocs and expected him to confront N'Zoth's tentacles.
• Argus returned the Murloc children to Port Mo'argi and joined the Murlocs in their celebration, reflecting on his growing doubts about the Pantheon's ideals.
• When N'Zoth's tentacles erupted and the port panicked, Argus shielded Port Mo'argi and went to fight the invading forces.

Argus arrived at Wyrmrest Temple and fought N'Zoth while the dragons and Eternal Dragons attacked the Twilight Dragon army. At the Maelstrom, Lord Wing confronted Deathwing of the Fated Destiny and used his newly installed weapons to blast him.

• Argus recognized N'Zoth and attacked him, turning the battle at Wyrmrest Temple in the dragons' favor.
• The Eternal Dragons appeared and joined the fight against the Twilight Dragons.
• Orokchiang unleashed his Twilight Domain as the battle in the sky continued.
• Deathwing of the Fated Destiny attacked the Maelstrom, but Lord Wing struck him and challenged him to a fight.
• After the Divine Venerable reminded Lord Wing about his weapons, Lord Wing deployed his thrusters, gun barrels, and main cannon against Deathwing of the Fated Destiny.
• Lord Wing's main cannon hit Deathwing of the Fated Destiny, setting his body ablaze.

Orokchiang and N'Zoth were defeated in Northrend, while Lord Wing overwhelmed the alternate Deathwing at the Maelstrom. Gilneas emerged from isolation amid natural disasters and a three-way civil war.

• The Dragon Aspects and their allies endured Orokchiang's Twilight Domain until his unstable body collapsed, while Argus defeated N'Zoth.
• Lord Wing severed and ate the alternate Deathwing's hind leg, and Hu Feng bound Deathwing with Chains of Dawn before allowing Lord Wing to finish the fight.
• Hu Feng encouraged Thrall and left for home as the battle at the Maelstrom ended.
• Gilneas faced floods, earthquakes, and a worgen plague, while a potion gave some worgen their sanity and the ability to switch forms.
• Lord Godfrey rejected King Genn Greymane's rule and declared independence, plunging Gilneas into a three-way war among rational worgen, Feral Worgen, and rebels.

Gilneas drew the world's attention as Lordaeron and the Night Empire responded to the worgen crisis, while Goblins fled Kezan and Pandaren joined the Alliance and Horde survivors on Mistvale Isle. The chapter ended with the Pandaren considering whether to leave their familiar island and explore the wider world.

• Lord Godfrey opened Gilneas's gates, prompting Queen Calia to station Lordaeron's army at Shadowfang Keep and King Genn and Godfrey's rebels to seek Lordaeron's support.
• Malfurion and Fandral Staghelm sent Night Elf guards and druids to Gilneas to search for the Moon Goddess's Scythe.
• As Kezan's volcano threatened to erupt, Gazlowe charged Goblins exorbitant fares and made those unable to pay sign lifelong employment contracts for passage.
• Six overloaded Goblin ships set sail for Kalimdor, carrying the Steamwheedle Cartel's employees and Goblins fleeing the island.
• Ji Firepaw and Aysa Cloudsinger led Pandaren monks in fighting the lizard monsters and aiding the wounded on Mistvale Isle, while Alliance and Horde leaders welcomed them.
• After hearing about the outside world from the Alliance and Horde, the Pandaren monks began considering leaving Mistvale Isle to explore beyond it.

Oscar Flashdiamond prepared to marry Paltrice in Stratholme City, drawing adventurers and notable guests to an exclusive celebration. As the wedding preparations began, Deathwing headed toward the city to take out his anger on Oscar, while Hu Feng also received an invitation to Kael'thas and Anveena's wedding.

• Oscar Flashdiamond's wedding to Paltrice became major news, and black-market invitations sold for high prices to people hoping to meet Sargeras or attend the private banquet.
• Deathwing stole an invitation, set fire to a black-market auction site, and was chased by Gryphon Riders before paying a ten-thousand-gold fine in Stormwind City.
• Deathwing left Stormwind furious and decided to vent his anger on Oscar.
• Oscar begged Hu Feng for protection from Deathwing, but Hu Feng refused to issue an injunction, and Oscar left without one.
• Hu Feng received an invitation to Kael'thas and Anveena's wedding, scheduled to follow Oscar's celebration.
• Stratholme's Living District filled with wedding decorations, supplies from Dulin Flashdiamond's inn, and arriving adventurers who looked forward to free food, drink, and Oscar's experience lecture.

Oscar's wedding banquet brought powerful guests to Stratholme, but black dragonkin attacked him on the way to collect Paltrice, and he blamed Deathwing. The wedding continued amid a brawl in the hall, leaving the celebration in disarray.

• Sargeras, Sylvanas, Malygos, Nozdormu, Tirion, Orgrim, and Llane attended Oscar and Paltrice's wedding banquet in Stratholme.
• Oscar rode Mr. Fat Maggot to meet Paltrice, and adventurers cheered as he escorted her through the city.
• Seven or eight black dragonkin attacked Oscar, while the onlookers mistook the assault for a wedding spectacle and cheered.
• Oscar rushed into the banquet hall and accused Deathwing of arranging the attack, then grappled with him as Malygos and Nozdormu joined the fight.
• Paltrice entered in her wedding dress and confirmed that black dragonkin had attacked Oscar; Hu Feng also kicked Deathwing as the farcical wedding continued.